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It is however possible to use therapy as an excuse not to move on and take up life's challenges. In this way something that is meant to provide a way out of the destructive pattern becomes destructive itself. This is a lesser-known danger but a danger all the same.
Good therapy provides a vehicle for the patient to use to get from a bad place to a good one but some people are disinclined to move on. They begin to use the therapy itself as a crutch, a substitute for the challenges of real life. In this way therapy takes on many of the characteristics of an addiction that is to say it becomes yet another inappropriate coping mechanism a further means of escaping reality.http://info.addictions.org/index/Add...aviors/Therapy
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Hello, Indie'sOK. "Addiction," perhaps, is too general a term for what your therapist was talking about. Since you mentioned transference, I am thinking factors such as "safety" and "attraction" might be relevant.
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When we feel transference with our therapist it is often experienced from a child-like state. This knowledge can help us in the healing. For what does a child crave but safety and attunement with their needs being met in the moment.
So, you can imagine, in the hands of a poorly trained therapist, how potentially detrimental it might be to a client's well-being if the transference is not worked through appropriately. Just so you know, transference is not something that is easily navigated by the client and the therapist.
Make no mistake about it. Experiencing your transference isn't always a cakewalk. It is far easier to have a nice chat analyzing your therapist's interpretations. But we already know that anything truly worthwhile cannot be attained without effort.
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